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...critical point in the intense U.S.-Swiss negotiations that took place this past summer to get the names of U.S. taxpayers who were part of a massive tax evasion program, things suddenly took a nasty turn...
...families of gambling addicts can also apply for their loved ones to be excluded from the upcoming casinos, according to the National Council on Problem Gambling. The council, which will provide the casinos a list of those who are barred, has already excluded 29,000 people. Drawing on past government surveys, it estimates the size of probable "pathological" gamblers at about 1.1% to 2.2% of Singapore's adult population, similar to those found in Macau and Hong Kong. (Watch a video about gambling in Macau...
...current study built upon work performed over the past decade by Boston University professor Richard B. Primack ’72 and Abraham J. Miller-Rushing of the USA National Phenology Network and the Wildlife Society. The pair hunted for botanical records from Concord’s past to track changes in plant traits over the last 150 years—and fortunately, eastern Massachusetts proved to be “a treasure trove of historical records,” Primack said...
...work proved challenging because many of the plants described by Thoreau, a Harvard alum, have been renamed or regrouped over the past century, according to graduate student Brad R. Ruhfel. But when Davis suggested cutting Thoreau’s data, Primack was in firm opposition to the idea...
...Saturday,” said Princeton men’s head coach Fred Samara. “I’m happy to host the meet, and it will be a lot of fun. It will be a competitive meet, but we’ve won handily in the past...